After getting their first long look at John Fetterman in Pennsylvania Senate debate, fellow Democrats are second-guessing his decision to appear on stage five months after a stroke — and some question whether he should have remained on the ballot at all.
and would be able to sign new abortion restrictions if elected this fall.
“Everybody in Pennsylvania this morning has been writing and talking about how he got confused, how he couldn’t complete sentences, how he used wrong words. It was clear he should not have been onstage at the debate,” Madonna said. “The campaign probably thought there would be empathy for him, but the fact of the matter is his performance was obviously very questionable and it’s just dominated the news.
Lamb, a Democrat representing a swing district in the Pittsburgh suburbs, finished a distant second to Fetterman in the primary. “You would have to ask the question, given his situation, would it have been better to simply say we’re not going to debate this cycle and just take the hits there and not put him out in a very challenging environment for him?" Borick said."I think, in retrospect, the answer was not to put him out there."
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